Main accused in campus Chief Kushawaha’s murder arrested

Police have arrested the main accused in connection with the murder of Haribhusam Kushawaha, Chief at the Ramraja Mohan Bikram Sah Multiple Campus in Kalaiya, Bara.

Kushawaha was shot dead at Khajuriya in Adarshakotwal Rural Municipality-2, Bara on June 14, 2024.

Surendra Kushawaha (41) of Adarshakotwal Rural Municipality-2 was apprehended six months after the murder.

DSP Prakash Sapkota informed that Kushawaha, who had been hiding in India after the incident, was nabbed from Morang on Wednesday.

Kushwaha is also a fugitive from the Nepali Army, according to police.

Earlier, police had detained 10 persons for their alleged involvement in the murder of the campus chief.

Among them, two were released on bail and eight are in jail.

Police had recovered a pistol, seven rounds of bullets, four motorbikes, four sets of mobile phones, two laptops and seven sim cards used in the murder of Kushawaha.